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How exercise may protect you from glaucoma
January 25, 2018New research suggests that exercise, such as walking or jogging, can help lower the risk of Glaucoma.Read more… -
Poor eyesight to blame for nearly 3,000 road casualties every year claims road charity
January 22, 2018Road Safety charity Brake is calling on the government to change the law on driver vision. In 2011 alone, nearly 6,000 drivers had their licences revoked by the DVLA for failing to meet the minimum eyesight standards, and Brake maintain that poor vision iRead more… -
Eyesight? Some say it’s a fishy business
January 18, 2018Newly published research claims that eating oily fish may protect older people against deterioration of cells in the eye, and act as a barrier to loss of sight.Read more… -
See London Light Up
January 11, 2018Without light there can be no sight. And one of the greatest pleasures of sight is seeing the beauty that light can create. What better antidote for the darkness of winter than a festival celebrating light? Well if you’re in the London area, you can expeRead more… -
Trees to light the pavements?
January 04, 2018Streetlights replaced by glowing plants. No, this is not the stuff of American ‘50s Sci Fi. Thanks to our research friends at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the reality is closer than we may think.Read more… -
Potential new therapy for Glaucoma Sufferers
January 02, 2018Researchers at Stanford University are experimenting with a new treatment for Glaucoma which could completely change our thinking about therapy for the condition.Read more… -
Could drinking tea lower your risk of Glaucoma?
December 27, 2017A study from the University of California recently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has shown a possible link between tea consumption and risk of glaucoma.Read more… -
Study confirms poverty and vision problems go hand-in-hand
December 21, 2017A recent study of 190 countries and territories dating back to 2010 shows that low levels of socio-economic development correlate directly to high levels of visual impairment.Read more… -
Oldest eye discovery sheds light on early sight
December 14, 2017A European team including scientists from the University of Edinburgh have found what they believe to be the first example of an eye in an “exceptional” 530-million-year-old trilobite fossil. Crabs, bees and dragonflies all use a form of the very same eyeRead more… -
Legal wrangle over cheaper treatment for Macular Degeneration
December 11, 2017A dozen Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are poised to lock horns with leading pharmaceutical companies over the right to offer a less expensive drug for the treatment of Macular Degeneration.Read more…